AG Announces $4.3B Deal With Purdue for Opioid Crisis

Purdue Pharma will release millions of documents relating to its role in the opioid crisis and pay more than $4.3 billion for national prevention, treatment and recovery programs under a deal Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said resolves her lawsuit against the company. Further, the deal will require Purdue Pharma to be wound down or sold by 2024 and also will ensure that the Sacklers are banned from the opioid business and required to turn over control of family foundations to an independent trustee to be used to address the opioid epidemic, according to a statement from...